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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
809 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT.
* AT 809 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM OVER BULL BREAKERS TO
NEAR CHANNEL BUOY 5, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS, KIAWAH REEF, N. EDISTO NEARSHORE REEF, EDISTO
SIXTY REEF, DEVEAUX BANK, CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE, AIR FORCE
REEF, CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF, CHARLESTON SIXTY, JOE SHUFORD
REEF, CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, EDISTO FORTY REEF, RATTLESNAKE
SHOAL, CAPERS ISLAND BUOY AND CAPERS REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3205 8093 3232 8062 3234 8047 3241 8049
3252 8033 3270 7991 3278 7987 3291 7964
3297 7965 3306 7953 3305 7941 3310 7940
3314 7929 3296 7894 3273 7917 3267 7934
3232 7983 3222 8010 3205 8024 3188 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 321DEG 5KT 3283 7959 3252 8016 3206 8075
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
NED
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